java - How can I get the average colour of an image

Question

I want to be able to take an image and find out what is the average colour. meaning if the image is half black half white, I would get something in between... some shade of gray. It could be the most frequent single colour or median. Any average will do.

How can I do this in android.

Answer 1

Bitmap bitmap = someFunctionReturningABitmap();
long redBucket = 0;
long greenBucket = 0;
long blueBucket = 0;
long pixelCount = 0;

for (int y = 0; y < bitmap.getHeight(); y++)
{
    for (int x = 0; x < bitmap.getWidth(); x++)
    {
        Color c = bitmap.getPixel(x, y);

        pixelCount++;
        redBucket += Color.red(c);
        greenBucket += Color.green(c);
        blueBucket += Color.blue(c);
        // does alpha matter?
    }
}

Color averageColor = Color.rgb(redBucket / pixelCount,
                                greenBucket / pixelCount,
                                blueBucket / pixelCount);